“We understand that this is a gift of Anglo-Saxon diplomacy from Russian diplomacy on the Day of the Diplomatic Worker, so we will spend our holiday with dignity today directly at the workplace: negotiations with British partners,” TASS quotes Zakharova.

On February 9, Truss arrived in Russia, in Moscow she plans to meet with her Russian colleague Sergey Lavrov.

She will stay in Moscow as part of an official visit for two days.

In particular, the situation around Ukraine will be discussed during the visits.

The press service of the British government confirmed the readiness of London to work on diplomatic progress with Russia.